Millions more people across the EU could have contracted COVID-19 had strict international travel bans not been implemented, shows a…
Overlapping versions of our genetic history complicate precision medicine
The promise of personalized medicine has not fully materialized, say researchers, because the full sophistication of the genetic blueprint has…
COVID-19 has unmasked significant health disparities in the U.S.
The COVID-19 pandemic has unmasked longstanding racial and ethnic health-related disparities, according to a new article. The essay notes higher…
Recently recovered COVID-19 patients produce varying virus-specific antibodies
Most newly discharged patients who recently recovered from COVID-19 produce virus-specific antibodies and T cells, a new study suggests, but…
Similar brain glitch found in slips of signing, speaking
The discovery of a common neural mechanism in speech and ASL errors — one that occurs in just 40 milliseconds…
New insight on maternal infections and neurodevelopmental disorders
The immune responses of a female mouse before pregnancy can predict how likely her offspring are to have behavioral deficits…
Two drugs show promise against COVID-19
Korean researchers have screened 48 FDA-approved drugs against SARS-CoV-2, and found that two, that are already FDA-approved for other illnesses,…
Intensive farming increases risk of epidemics
Overuse of antibiotics, high animal numbers and low genetic diversity from intensive farming increase the risk of animal pathogens transferring…
Targeting depression: Researchers ID symptom-specific targets for treatment of depression
For the first time, physician-scientists have identified two clusters of depressive symptoms that responded to two distinct neuroanatomical treatment targets…
How many jobs do robots really replace?
In many parts of the U.S., robots have been replacing workers over the last few decades. But to what extent,…